Family 2013

Friday, June 29, 2012

We are down to the last 2 days of our fundraiser!!! Wow. God has provided and moved hearts for the orphan. This hasn't been about me, or Lindy's family. This is about bringing glory to God, and following his word. Proverbs 24:12 tell us “Once our eyes are opened, we can’t pretend we don’t know what to do. God who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know and holds us responsible to act.'

Folks have listened. They have heard. We are humbled.

Orphan children should not suffer and be left alone to a cruel world because that is EASIER for us. We are not called to be comfortable. We are called to obey.

~Reality check time. Lindy's little one Kole, has turned 5 years old. Turning 4 or 5 in an Eastern European orphanage is NOT a time of celebration. Its a time of dread. Its a loud clock ticking. Tick Tock. Tick Tock. Tick Tock. Its the count down to the medical van pulling up and the long drive to the remote mental institution. It is scary. Their whole world as they have known it has been destroyed.

We have seen the damage moving our "Phillip" (Sasha to us) to an older childs special needs institute has done to him.. He is scary thin, his hand twitches and his speech has regressed. What about his heart and soul? Only time will tell.

Our Boy now :( hang in there baby!

~The good news ? We have a matching grant offer. AND We are almost there !! Hang on babies!Lindy's brother Adam Dumala and his Fiance Amber Lyn Montross are going to donate 2 dollars for every 1 dollar donated. That means when you give $10, they will donate $20!!! So your $10 will be $30! Get it?!? The bigger picture means that if we can get $500 in donations, Lindy's brother and Amber will give $1,000!!!!!!!!!!!

God has continued to move people's hearts and put amazing

generous people in our paths who truly feel the pain of the

orphan. Praise God.

We need just a little bit more help :) We are almost there.

Please share our blog, and help get the word out. Pray for our boys. Pray they are treated with kindness and they stay well until we are there.

Scroll down to the post announcing our fundraiser to see OVER 30 AWESOME gifts you will have a chance at for a mere $10 donation!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Ipad2 fundraiser button . 2families. 2boys. 2gether!***This Paypal button can be used instead of the chip in button, if you need to. The donations go to the same place and will enter you into the drawing! Scroll down to see all the awesome prizes :)

**Thank you TO EACH person who donated and helped us to qualify for our $1300 grant! We made it by midnight! But we aren't done yet! We still need to raise $2000 . Our families are each short $1000 . I know we can do this!! We have until the end of June to see this miracle come together! xoxo

*This just in! Someone has generously offered to give $1,300

IF we can get 30 people to each get FIVE of their friends in the next 5 days to enter.

For each of you that gets 5 friends to enter, we will give YOU FIVE entries for yourself!

The deal gets even sweeter.....

All local (Hernando County, FL) people who take the challenge and sign 10 of their friends up will get half a dozen cake pops made by "Little Big Cakes"

hand delivered to you!

How sweet is that!

So spread the word on FB, at your office, church, etc. Get 5 or 10 friends each to commit and let us know by leaving a comment with the list of names.

Once we hit 30 taking the challenge, we will automatically receive $1,300!!!!!!

Challenge starts NOW!

(Deadline is Monday, June 11th)

Go down to the previous blog post to donate. You will have a chance at an Ipad2 a Kindle Fire and over 30 prizes for each $10 donation!!!!!God is good. Always.xoxo

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Over 5 years ago Lindy House and I met at a homeschool get-together. We talked briefly and saw each other maybe a couple more times that year.

We never kept in touch, Facebook wasn't the big thing yet;)

Two years ago while Lindy was living in TN we found each other online. I was in the process of adopting Benji and Tayia. Lindy then moved back to FL and began the process to adopt Gabe and Levi.

After committing to her boys we found out that my Taiya and her Gabe were actually in the same crib together.

We also learned that her Levi took Benji's place in his group after Benji went home with the us! How crazy is that!

While in Ukraine we saw a little boy that caught our eye.

He was Benji's best buddy.

He was sweet and kind, and wanted nothing more than to have a mommy and daddy. We ached to find him a family. All along not realizing God's amazing plan. We were THAT family.

Long story short, the Falvo's are returning to adopt Phillip!

The House's also met an adorable, blue eyed little boy while they were adopting last year.

He was in their Levi's group.

Kole. They fell in love at first sight.

By God's amazing grace and goodness, we are going back to rescue our sweet boy!

*This just in! Someone has generously offered to give $1,300

IF we can get 30 people to each get FIVE of their friends in the next 5 days to enter.

For each of you that gets 5 friends to enter, we will give YOU FIVE entries for yourself!

The deal gets even sweeter.....

All local (Hernando County, FL) people who take the challenge and sign 10 of their friends up will get half a dozen cake pops made by "Little Big Cakes"

hand delivered to you!

How sweet is that!

So spread the word on FB, at your office, church, etc. Get 5 or 10 friends each to commit and let us know by leaving a comment with the list of names.

Once we hit 30 taking the challenge, we will automatically receive $1,300!!!!!!

Challenge starts NOW!

(Deadline is Monday, June 11th)

Two families.

Adopted 2 children each, from the same orphanage.

Two families

Neighbors

we live only minutes from each other

Returning for our sons buddies

Who will soon be BROTHERS

I couldn't make this stuff up! We did.not.plan.this. Only God

Connecting the dots gives me goose bumps every time I share our stories.

Our two families are now only awaiting our travel date to adopt Kole and Phillip, which we expect to have within 4 weeks!

God has been so amazing in writing every chapter of our stories. He has provided every single step of the way. Many of you have already been a part of that provision, and we are incredibly thankful.

With only $3,000 dollars each that we have to raise, we are confidant that God will once again provide.

Lindy and I together decided to do one last big fundraiser and we are so excited! Many of you have donated some amazing items!!!

If you would like to be a part of reuniting 2 little boys and bringing them HOME to be sons and brothers, here is your opportunity:)

This whole month of June we will have an online auction. Both of our blogs will have the exact same items and the chip-in will go directly to the same account to be split between both families. Our hope and prayer is to raise the remaining $6,000 we both need to travel and rescue our boys.

Here is how it will work:

*For every $10 donation you will get your name entered once.

*Entries can be made the whole month of June.

*The last day to enter will be June 30, 2012.

*We will draw names on July 1st and contact you so that you may pick your prize. 1st name gets first choice, 2nd name drawn gets to choose from the remaining, and so on.

We have so many great items for many of you to enjoy!

Of course the more entries you make, the higher chance you get to have the gift of your choice.

We will keep drawing names until the last gift is claimed.

Are you ready for this?!?! Here is the list of all the great prizes you can win!

This necklace is made out of recycled magazines! It was made in Uganda
where the average yearly income is $300 and parents have to pay for
their children to attend school. A single mom made this necklace so that
her children can attend school.

"...Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls knows that we know, and holds us responsible to ACT..." Proverbs 24:12"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -(Mahatma Gandhi)

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2 friends were walking along the beach. The beach was littered with thousands of starfish that were drying up in the sun.As the 2 friends walked along,one of them bent down and picked up a starfish and carefully tossed it back to the sea. They could hardly walk without the man rescuing a poor starfish. As they continued , the one man asked his friend "why are you throwing these starfish back into the water? It doesnt matter" The friend smiled, As he tossed the starfish back to the sea , he simply said...

" It matters to this one."

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"Life isn't measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away"

~"With GOD nothing will be impossible" (Luke 1:37)~"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."(John 14:18)~'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.'

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My husband and I live in Florida, raising our 7 beautiful children from different nations. 2 of our little gifts have Down syndrome. I am a stay at home mom and we homeschool our kids. We struggle to do the best we can and make a difference.We are raising our kids to love the Lord, and be kind,generous,strong & compassionate. Somedays things are great...other days...it feels like being pecked to death by chickens!!! NO..seriously.